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Iceland poppy

noun

  1. any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Right now we have carrots, beets, seven or eight types of tender greens, pole beans, peas and radishes, strawberries, goldenberries, violets for salads, poppies and edible Iceland poppies.

Like California poppy, Iceland poppy is perennial in its native habitat, in this case the Arctic.

Floret is known for fluffy, romantic flowers, like sweet peas, Iceland poppies and dahlias, snapped up by its largest customers: Whole Foods, Metropolitan Market and Full Circle Farm CSA.

Chrysanthemums, asters, Iceland poppies, gaillardias, pansies, bedding calceolarias, zonal pelargoniums and other plants are cultivated in immense quantities.

There are three good reasons to plant Iceland poppies now.

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